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stealing a linen handkerchief, value ten pence </rs>
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; I felt something at my pocket; I turned round and laid hold of the prisoner's hand with my handkerchief in it: I took the handkerchief from him, and charged a constable with him: (the handkerchief was produced in court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.)</p>
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<p>Prisoner's Defence.</p>
<p>I never saw the handkerchief.</p>
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Guilty </rs>
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